Murder probe launched after man in his 60s dies at Essex care home
A 43-year-old man has been arrested and is in police custody.
Friday 3 July 2020 01:34, UK
A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 60s died at a care home in Essex.
Officers were called to the residential care facility in Wickford at around 7pm on Thursday, Essex Police said.
They found a man in his 60s who had been seriously assaulted and called paramedics who tried to save him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
A 43-year-old man from Wickford was arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody.
On New Year's Eve last year a man was stabbed inside the same care home.
The victim, a man in his 40s, was taken to hospital, but his injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.